I am not a DC guy but when I do pick a book it is mostly Batman stuff. As I have alot of comics in my stake I decided to get the trade of Snyder's Batman and man oh man was it good ... only problem the next volume isn't out until April.

Can anyone explain why DC are getting the trades out so slowly, as someone who could be a fun long term its kind of off putting having to wait so long to get the next chapter of the story.

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“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”Charles Bukowski

That's just the way it is. First are the singles (and digital releases) on Wednesdays, then once a story wraps it eventually comes out in hardcover. After that, the trade. If you're really looking to follow a story as it happens, floppies and digital are your only two options.

That's just the way it is. First are the singles (and digital releases) on Wednesdays, then once a story wraps it eventually comes out in hardcover. After that, the trade. If you're really looking to follow a story as it happens, floppies and digital are your only two options.

That's just the way it is. First are the singles (and digital releases) on Wednesdays, then once a story wraps it eventually comes out in hardcover. After that, the trade. If you're really looking to follow a story as it happens, floppies and digital are your only two options.

I know how the system works, I just don't understand why DC take forever to get the trades out.

I have no room any more for issues after 12years of collecting so I am now trying to stick to trades as they are easier to store long term.

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“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”Charles Bukowski

DC are no longer "writing for the trade", as part of the New 52 initiative, they want people to buy the issues. If you want to read Court of Owls, (though I don't see why you would) buy the issues. Simple as.

DC are no longer "writing for the trade", as part of the New 52 initiative, they want people to buy the issues. If you want to read Court of Owls, (though I don't see why you would) buy the issues. Simple as.

That's not a good business plan is it, as not every shop will stock 2-3year old issues. As I've stated a couple of times I don't have the space for single issues anymore and try to keep my stack to the ones I have read for years, which pretty much just finished with Spidey700.

Trades are much easier to pick up and read and lot at once and in the long run better to keep.

I'm sorry I can't fit into whatever landscape DC want with the New 52, as I have lots to read and can't risk picking up stuff I will not like.

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“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”Charles Bukowski

That is what the trades are actually for. Issues that are very old, not 12 months and less.

TPB's don't take up much less room than the single issues. Why not just buy them digitally, then they take up no physical space at all?

Then buy the trade. The trade off (no pun intended) is that you have to wait until the story is out of circulation.

But you now know 1 thing you do like, like so much you want to pursue further, so why not just pursue Snyder's Batman further?

No it's not horrible. Not even a little bit. DC Comics focuses more on comics, rather than graphic novels. If you want a story, just buy it. Otherwise, wait or buy the Earth One series.

I have NO room for single issues, I have enough boxes with 12 years worth of Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man and Avengers that I gave up buying weekly/monthly issues to save on room. I can put up shelves to fill with the actual novels or collections which look alot nicer.
I don't really care for digital comics, I like the real thing, sure if they give me a free code to get a copy of my issues incase I sell them thats great.

Yes DC might wait until something is out of print, yet Marvel (who I've stuck with for 12 years) had the AVX hardback out pretty much the month after it all finished. That's much better than waiting a year for another book with just 6 issues to read when 20+ have come out.

All I'm saying is I WANT to get into DC's New 52 but there not making it easy, for someone who wants to just get a trade of something that got great reviews after a few stories.

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“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”Charles Bukowski

That's just the way it is. First are the singles (and digital releases) on Wednesdays, then once a story wraps it eventually comes out in hardcover. After that, the trade. If you're really looking to follow a story as it happens, floppies and digital are your only two options.

DC can stay with that plan I don't mind having to wait for the trade, I've stopped buying singles completely and I don't do this whole digital downloading bullcrap, I don't even like using my smartphone for christsakes.

__________________A few of the Marvel Superheroes are somewhat niche characters that aren't extremely versatile, thus they don't have a lot of longevity potential. For example, Namor is a water guy, Silver Surfer is a space guy, Dr. Strange is a magic guy, and so on.

Snyder's Batman is the only modern take on the character that I can tolerate, so far.

It's not 100% perfect, but it's more than engaging, well done, and enjoyable enough to hook me even so. It's one of the better iterations I've sat down and read, and I've read many.

I've also stopped buying the individual issues in favor of having a nice, healthy, sturdy hardback sitting on my shelf with the title on the spine, so I'm anxious for March/April. Shame it takes so long, you'd think they'd make a killing with the film having just come out (and TDK Returns too).

Another reason for the extended releases is that they seem to follow the natural story arcs...the second TPB will have issues 7-12 in it, probably (12 was a one-shot so maybe it will be stuck in the third one, dunno). Normally they used to just release these books in 4 issue blocks, right? Even if it didn't make sense story-wise? Now they seem to be trying to make them follow the story arcs. The first TPB was six issues which is odd (not that they didn't charge more for it to make up for it...). The third TPB will also be five issues, if I'm figuring it out correctly (Death of the Family has two more issues to go, right?)